Babysitter jailed for abandonment

An 18-year-old Tuscola County woman was arraigned Monday in Lenawee County District Court on felony child abandonment charges for allegedly leaving four children home alone on Aug. 7.

Annette Christine Hillborn of Silverwood remains in jail in lieu of a $40,000 bond while she awaits an Oct. 28 preliminary hearing.

Hillborn was staying with a woman in Adrian and babysitting for her four children in lieu of paying rent, according to Adrian police. She allegedly starting drinking on Aug. 7, told the children she was going outside for a cigarette and never returned, according to reports. The 5-year-old child went to a maintenance worker in the apartment complex on South Winter Street and told him they had been left alone. The other children are aged 4, 2 and 8 months.

Adrian police contacted the children’s mother, who was working in Jackson, and another relative.